The Government Accountability Office will investigate PR and advertising spending after a request from Senate Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi.
Enzi, in a Feb. 5 letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, noted "federal resources dedicated to public relations activities is largely unknown," pointing to a Congressional Research Service estimate of $892.5M in fiscal 2013.
Enzi had previously requested an accounting from the Office of Management and Budget but the OMB said it could not process the request.
The senator's GAO request is twofold: 1) spending across the federal goverment on PR activities, including contracts and internal agency support; and 2) federal agencies spending the most on PR and for what purpose.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
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